The Federal Government and organised labour have reached an agreement on the implementation of the new minimum wage after days of talks that ran through nights and ended in the wee hours of the morning.

At a meeting which started around 7 p.m on Thursday and ended after 2a.m on Friday, both sides finally agreed on the percentage increase for grade levels seven to 17.

The adjustments for the various wages structures were decided as follows:

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